Political Opinion Archives - The Libertarian Republic

Today’s Young Voters Are Embracing Socialism for a Very Good Reason 0
- Political Opinion
- October 12, 2018
Election time is nearing and individuals young and old are making their list, checking it twice, and… deciding which candidates are worthy of support. The younger generation is especially getting into the spirit of things, most recently evidenced by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of candidates in her home state. Naturally, this surge of civic responsibility seems like
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Should Jury Duty Be Taken from the Common Man and Given to Professionals?0
- Political Opinion
- October 6, 2018
Like many of us, G. K. Chesterton was once called upon for jury duty, and like any good writer, he turned that experience into an essay. But he didn’t turn the essay into a detailed account of his experience. Instead, he simply let his readers know that he had “never stood so close to pain
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Does the Senate Think Americans Are Stupid? The Kavanaugh Hearings Suggest the Answer is Yes.0
- Political Opinion
- October 3, 2018
There’s a problem with the latest of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assaults during his high school years. Julie Swetnik claims that Kavanaugh and other young men attended parties in high school where they filled the punch bowl with drugs or alcohol, and then lined up to rape girls who had become too intoxicated
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Scalise Warns: ‘Some On The Left’ Are ‘Inciting’ Violence 0
- Political Opinion
- September 7, 2018
Peter Hasson The political Left needs to do a better job of policing its members who are “inciting” violence, according to House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, who narrowly survived a politically-motivated mass assassination attempt in July 2017. Noting recent instances of violence against Republicans, Scalise said that “some on the left are inciting this violence and frankly they should be
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Mass communication promotes mass conformity 0
- Political Opinion
- September 6, 2018
Surely it’s obvious that we live in a mass communication world. What may not be obvious to those of us in the 21st century is that this has been going on for a long time now and the consequences were foreseen way back when. In The Rape of the Mind (1956), Joost Meerloo digs into the
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Nike Boycott Over Kaepernick Ads Demonstrates Yearning for Patriotism 0
- Political Opinion
- September 5, 2018
The National Football League just can’t escape the ugly politics of 2018. One of the world’s largest sports apparel companies is now embracing the man who started it all, and fans aren’t happy about it. Nike is jumping in to champion Colin Kaepernick, the man who launched the now-frequent national anthem protests, and is making
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